Gelato and the Rain

This time next week we will be living in another neighborhood. I will miss all the local shops and groceries and the one great local indie brewery all within walking distance from our home. During my maternity leave, its been great to live in a neighborhood so close to Tower Grove Park and the library and so many other  relaxing places. Cora and I have loved our walks to random locations during the day. One being our new favorite, the Gelateria on South Grand. We've walked there almost every day these past three days for iced lattes or of course gelato. Poor Cora has to watch while mama enjoys her sweet treat but one day she will get her own taste. 

I get a new flavor every time and will miss this place once we move. However, we will spend many evenings back here in Tower Grove South, be it with friends that still live here or just to come back to our favorite spots. It will be nice to seek out the events and places our new neighborhood has too. But South City is only ten minutes away...

As we were enjoying gelato on their back patio, we felt a trickle on our arms. I looked up and sure enough, rain clouds. We finished up, recycled our cup, and head home in the soft sprinkle of rain. At first I was worried, you can't take a baby out in the rain! But then I thought, well sure you can. It wasn't raining hard, in fact, it was such a soft drizzle and the weather was so warm to begin with that the rain drops seemed to evaporate as soon as they fell on us. So we walked home, warm and slightly damp. 

Cora seemed to enjoy her first encounter with rain. She kicked and kicked in the baby carrier and held my fingers tight, simple looking all around at the trees and the houses. There were even a couple wild rabbits that joined us for a while. St. Louis summers are always so magical to me.